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Updated Class Schedule for Santa Cruz

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Friday, May 23rd, 2014 in Events, Friends of the Ashram | Comments (0)

Current Schedule of Classes in Santa Cruz

Mornings at approximately 8 am:

Srila Janardan Maharaj reads through Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita from cover to cover, which takes about three months. He is particularly interested in making sure that listeners catch the sequence of the story and lila. He has been reading Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita for decades and clearly has very great appreciation for the scripture. If you cannot attend, consider listening to the recordings in the car or while you cook, etc.. Download them here.

Evenings:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8 pm:

Sripad B.C. Parvat Maharaj reads a chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita: the Hidden Treasure of the Sweet Absolute. Bhagavad-gita is an essential scripture and it is very wonderful and nourishing to hear a chapter every day. When Sripad Parvat Maharaj travels Jatindra Mohan Prabhu gives the class.

Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm:

Sarvabhavana Prabhu reads books by Srila Govinda Maharaj and Srila Sridhar Maharaj such as Revealed Truth, Affectionate Guidance, Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion, etc..

If you have questions about the schedule, please call (831) 462-4712.

Morning Class on Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi 1: The Spiritual Masters

Posted by Srila B. P. Janardan Maharaj on Thursday, September 5th, 2013 in Audio | Comments (0)

The first chapter begins with fourteen Sanskrit verses giving ontology so that we can understand the pastimes and what is going to be presented in the <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita</span>. The first six verses describe Mahaprabhu, then the next five describe Nityananda Prabhu. The next two verses describe the truth of Adwaita Prabhu and the following verse describes the Pancha-tattva. <em><a href=”http://sevaashram.com/sermons/adi-lila-ch-1-spiritual-masters/” target=”_blank”>Listen to lecture…</a></em>

Morning Class on Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita Antya 6: Raghunath Das Goswami

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 in Audio | Comments (0)

110626 Antya 6 Mahaprabhu Meets Raghunath Das Goswami.mp3 (43 minutes, 19.9 MB)

Raghunath Das Goswami had been attempting to come to the lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu for a long time, and finally he left his home and met the Lord. When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had gone to Shantipur on His way to Vrindavan, Raghunath Das Goswami had offered to dedicate his life at the Lord’s lotus feet. In the meantime, however, a Muslim official became envious of Hiranya Das, Raghunath Das Goswami’s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested. Thus Hiranya Das left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunath Das the misunderstanding was mitigated. Then Raghunath Das went to Panihati, and following the order of Nityananda Prabhu, he observed a festival (chida-dadhi-mahotsava) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityananda Prabhu gave Raghunath Das the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

(Excerpt from the summary of Chapter 6 from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita by Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami, translation and commentary by Srila Prabhupad)

Morning Lecture–120423 Ashram Maharaj’s Chaitanya Charitamrita Class

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Monday, April 30th, 2012 in Audio | Comments (0)

120423 Madhya 17.mp3 (78 minutes, 54.2 MB)

In this recording of the morning class Srila Ashram Maharaj reads from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, elaborates extensively on various points, and answers questions from Dinabandhu Prabhu and Swarnangii Didi about sincerity and artificiality.

This informal discussion in full of beautiful points. The following point about Srimad Bhagavatam is just one of many:

“Every religious mentality, every religious personality, every religious attempt can find full satisfaction in the description of the Lord as a person full of qualities such as compassion, love, beauty, absolute character and so on and so forth… It is not a sectarian thing.”

More Lectures by Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 in Audio | Comments (0)

His Grace Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj is the Sevaite-Acharya of our Santa Cruz Seva Ashram. An expert preacher, he embodies the principles of bhakti-yoga and self-surrender. The following recordings include lectures from Sunday feasts, festival days, preaching programs, and daily classes on the holy scripture Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita. To read his biography click here.

If you are unable to listen to these files on your computer, please send an email to Info@SevaAshram.org. We may be able to send you an audio or mp3 CD in the mail.

Lectures delivered on Festival Days:

110910 Bhaktivinod Thakur Appearance.mp3 (38 minutes, 26.3 MB)

Daily Morning Reading from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita:

110826 Adi Ch 11 Branches of Lord Nityananda.mp3 (43 Minutes, 29.7 MB)

110829 Adi Ch13 Appearance Lila.mp3 (30 minutes, 20.3 MB)

110830 Adi Ch14 Childhood Lila.mp3 (40 minutes, 30.2 MB)

110901 Adi Ch16 Dig Vijai Pandit.mp3 (58 minutes, 40.4 MB)

Lectures by Sripad Bhakti Sharan Vaishnav Maharaj

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 in Audio | Comments (0)

Sripad Vaishnav Maharaj’s exciting lectures convey his deep and contagious appreciation for Srila Govinda Maharaj and his teachings. Vaishnav Maharaj’s tone was always very honest and his advice focused on the essential aspects of Bhakti-yoga. Our recordings include Sunday Feast lectures, Saturday Feast lectures at the San Jose Ashram, classes on Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Sri Sri Prapanna Jivanamritam, and short (1-5 minute) clips from those lectures.

Lectures delivered at the Sunday Feast:

110710 Reciprocating with Gurudev.mp3 (46 minutes, 32.1 MB)

110918 Controlling Anger.mp3 (48 minutes, 33 MB)

110828 Finding Beauty in the Company of Devotees.mp3 (33 minutes, 30.3 MB)

: The beautiful cover of Sri Sri Prapanna Jivanamritam by Srila Sridhar Maharaj

Evening Classes on Sri Sri Prapanna Jivanamritam:

Throughout the winter and spring of 2010/2011 Sripad Vaishnav Maharaj gave class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from the holy scripture Sri Sri Prapanna Jivanamritam by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Vaishnav Maharaj insisted that everyone in the class would take turns reading the verses. Although various devotees read the particular Sanskrit and Bengali verses, Sripad Vaishnav Maharaj illuminates their meaning and mentions illuminating anecdotes from his early experiences in Krishna Consciousness as well as his long years of personal service to Srila Govinda Maharaj.

Scroll down to download or view a pdf of the text.

File names describe the chapters and verses covered during the class. For example, the first one is on chapter 1 verses 1-37.

110307_PJ_1.1-37.mp3 (71 minutes, 50 MB)

110321 PJ 1.38-2.4.mp3 (47 minutes, 32.3 MB)

110328 PJ 2.22-3.3.mp3 (59 minutes, 40 MB)

110330 PJ 3.4-3.12.mp3 (83 minutes, 56.9 MB) (This one is especially good.)

110406 PJ 3.13-23.mp3 (73 minutes, 50.4 MB)

110414 PJ 3.28-4.7.mp3 (72 minutes, 33.1 MB)

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